Join Emerson experts in San Antonio, October 14-16, to learn how you can enhance operational excellence at your plant.

AFPM Operations & Process Technology Summit

Join Emerson experts in San Antonio, October 14-16, to learn how you can enhance operational excellence at your plant.

Meet your refining and petrochemical KPI targets

Join our industry experts as they co-present with successful refining and petrochemical manufacturers on topics illustrating how they made operational improvements to enhance performance. Emerson experts will also be available to discuss how you can digitally transform your operation to achieve Top Quartile performance at our exhibit hall table and special beer tasting event.

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Emerson’s AFPM Presentations

Principles & Practices: Emerging Leaders Panel 9:00am-12:00pm
State-Based Control of a Vinyl Acetate Monomer Production Process 10:15am-11:00am
Considerations for Industrial Internet of Things Cybersecurity 11:00am-11:45am
Bringing Smart Manufacturing to the Masses 2:45pm-3:30 pm
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Principles & Practices: Crude Unit Townhall - What Crude Oil Information Drives Purchasing Decisions? 8:00am–12:00pm
Cloud-Based IIoT Heat Exchanger Optimization Improves Process Performance 10:00am-10:45am
Impact of Refinery Mass Balance and Loss Control on Operational Excellence 2:45pm-3:30pm
Women in Refining Panel 5:15pm-6:45pm
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Principles & Practices: Fostering Profitability Panel 8:00am-11:00am
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Meet Emerson's Experts

Marcelo Carugo, Emerson

Marcelo Carugo

Vice President, Global Refining & Chemical Programs

Marcelo has more than 30 years of experience in the chemical and refining process control industries, including assignments in several world areas. In his current role, Marcelo works with manufacturers to develop programs to create a clear and actional path to digital transformation and operational excellence.

Doug White, Emerson

Doug White

Principal Consultant, Global Refining Industry Solutions

A respected expert and author of more than 50 articles, Doug has held senior management and technical positions with Emerson, MDC Technology, Profitpoint Solutions, Aspen Technology, and Setpoint. In these roles, Doug has been responsible for developing and implementing advanced automation systems in refineries and process plants around the world.

Julie Valentine, Emerson

Julie Valentine

Refining Industry Flow Solutions Director

With more than 27 years in the refining industry, Julie is active with API, AIChE, and AFPM. She has written numerous articles and has presented at many conferences on fuel blending, hydrogen production, and combustion control. Julie holds two patents for Coriolis utilization: One for hydrogen production and the other for combustion control.

Tim Olsen, Emerson

Tim Olsen

Refining Business & Technical Consultant

Tim is an AIChE Fellow and elected AIChE board member with 29 years of refining industry experience. As a refining consultant, Tim enables manufacturers to solve their process challenges. Prior to joining Emerson 21 years ago, he worked as a technical advisor for UOP on refinery startups around the world.

Pete Sharpe, Emerson

Pete Sharpe

Principal Consultant, Industry Solutions

Pete joined Emerson in 2001 and has more than 40 years of automation industry experience. In his current role, Pete focuses on advanced control and digital transformation solutions for the petrochemical and chemical industries, and helps customers improve operational KPI’s using automation technology and industry best practices.

Marcio Donnangelo, Emerson

Marcio Donnangelo

Global Business Development Manager

Marcio specializes in wireless technologies and digital transformation. He is an electrical engineer with 25 years of field experience with broad technology and application expertise in refining and chemical, and has authored many published articles.

Eric Braun, Emerson

Eric Braun

Engineering Director, Applications, Gateways, and Security

Eric has more than 15 years of experience developing secure and safety critical systems. In addition to working in the industrial control space, Eric has helped develop systems for the aerospace and the medical device industries, and the military. Eric is currently the Engineering Director for Emerson Automation Solution’s wireless organization.

Tom Nolan, Emerson

Tom Nolan

Senior Process Control Consultant

Tom has 30 years of experience in state-based and advanced regulatory control. He has designed and implemented state-based control for greenfield, brownfield, and optimization projects, and served as the process control, advanced control, and optimization leader for Dow’s Epoxy and Chlorohydrins Technology Centers.

Courtney Lane, Emerson

Courtney Lane

Senior Process Control Engineer

Courtney is a process control engineer and part of Emerson’s Control and Operator Performance group. In 2015, he received a doctorate in chemical engineering and has since provided consulting services in regulatory process control, advanced process control, principled process modeling, and procedure automation.

Meha Jha, Emerson

Meha Jha

Refining Industry Marketing Manager, Flow Solutions Group

While earning a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Auburn University in 2014, Meha interned on both an upstream process safety initiative for a topsides platform, and for downstream, evaluating vendor solutions for blending clean fuels. Since joining Emerson, she was selected for Emerson's Engineers in Leadership Program, broadening her refining expertise on projects related to mass balance and flow measurement.

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